Project Experience
Research & Development Engineer (2019/03 -- Present)
Postdoctoral Researcher (2016/07 -- 2019/03)
University of California, Berkeley
Caltrans Project: Connected Corridors
PI: Prof. Alexandre Bayen (UC Berkeley)
Project Manager: Joe Butler
Role: Researcher
Tasks:
Caltrans Project: System Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles: An Application to the I-210 Connected Corridors Pilot
PI: Dr. Qijian Gan
Budget: $200,000 (2020/01---2021/12)
Tasks:
UC Berkeley ITS 2017-2018 SB1 Research Grant: Arterial traffic state estimation using loop detector and signal phasing data
PI: Prof. Alexander Skabardonis (UC Berkeley) (Acting PI: Dr. Qijian Gan, 100% )
Budget: $79,851 (2017/09 --- 2018/08)
Tasks:
Siemens-UC Berkeley ITS-CITRIS Project: Traffic knowledge extraction from variable, multi resolution data to real deployments
PI: Prof. Alexandre Bayen (UC Berkeley) (Acting PI: Dr. Qijian Gan, 50% )
Budget: $90,000 (2017/09 --- 2018/06)
Tasks:
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Assistant Project Scientist
2015/03 -- 2016/06
University of California, Irvine
Caltrans Project: CTM-based optimal signal control strategies in urban networks
PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Budget: $291,999 (2015/03 --- 2017/01)
Role: Key investigator
Tasks:
UCConnect Project: SB-743: From LOS to VMT, VHT, and beyond through data fusion: application to integrated corridor management
PI: Prof. Alex Bayen (UC Berkeley)
Budget: $118,332 (2015/08 --- 2016/06)
Role: Key investigator
Final Report: http://www.ucconnect.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/file_uploads/Task65A0529_final_report_1.pdf
Tasks:
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Research Intern
2015/01 -- 2015/03
CLR Analytics
USDOT SBIR Phase II Project: Transportation System Performance Measurement Using Existing Loop Infrastructure
PI: Lianyu Chu (CLR Analytics)
Budget: Approximately $750,000
Role: Researcher
Tasks:
SBIR Phase I Project: Evaluating system impacts of automated vehicles: A multiple-resolution modeling approach
PI: Lianyu Chu (CLR Analytics)
Budget: Approximately $150,000
Role: Researcher
Taks:
https://www.volpe.dot.gov/work-with-us/small-business-innovation-research/151-phase-i-recommendations-award
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Graduate Student Researcher
2009/09 -- 2014/12
University of California, Irvine
Project: CTMSim (Cell Transmission Model Simulator)
PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Tasks:
Project: Bottleneck Effects of Lane-Changing Traffic: A Macroscopic Approach
PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Tasks:
Project: Incorporating Vehicular Emissions into an Efficient Mesoscopic Traffic Model: An Application to Southern California
PI: Jean-Daniel Saphores (UC Irvine) & Co-PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Tasks:
Postdoctoral Researcher (2016/07 -- 2019/03)
University of California, Berkeley
Caltrans Project: Connected Corridors
PI: Prof. Alexandre Bayen (UC Berkeley)
Project Manager: Joe Butler
Role: Researcher
Tasks:
- Management of multiple arterial data sources in the I-210 Pilot;
- Development of a cloud-based performance dashboard for urban sensor networks;
- Standardization of data exchange formats for arterial detector and signal data;
- Algorithm development to estimate arterial traffic states using both loop detector and signal data;
- Refinement of the existing CTM-EnKF algorithm for freeway traffic state estimation;
- Management of several undergraduate students to extract routing information from the HERE data.
Caltrans Project: System Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles: An Application to the I-210 Connected Corridors Pilot
PI: Dr. Qijian Gan
Budget: $200,000 (2020/01---2021/12)
Tasks:
- To develop an integrated platform in microsimulation to enable the modeling of CAVs;
- To evaluate potential impacts of CAVs on current ICM systems.
UC Berkeley ITS 2017-2018 SB1 Research Grant: Arterial traffic state estimation using loop detector and signal phasing data
PI: Prof. Alexander Skabardonis (UC Berkeley) (Acting PI: Dr. Qijian Gan, 100% )
Budget: $79,851 (2017/09 --- 2018/08)
Tasks:
- Estimation of arterial traffic fundamental diagrams from advance loop detectors;
- Development of estimation algorithms using the identified traffic states at different detectors..
Siemens-UC Berkeley ITS-CITRIS Project: Traffic knowledge extraction from variable, multi resolution data to real deployments
PI: Prof. Alexandre Bayen (UC Berkeley) (Acting PI: Dr. Qijian Gan, 50% )
Budget: $90,000 (2017/09 --- 2018/06)
Tasks:
- Development of a cloud-based dashboard to monitor sensor performance and data quality;
- Algorithm development to calculate Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs) using the high-resolution data from Siemens controllers.
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Assistant Project Scientist
2015/03 -- 2016/06
University of California, Irvine
Caltrans Project: CTM-based optimal signal control strategies in urban networks
PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Budget: $291,999 (2015/03 --- 2017/01)
Role: Key investigator
Tasks:
- Proposal writing;
- Review of existing optimal control strategies for signalized intersections;
- Development of time-average models to approximate the outflows at signalized intersections.
UCConnect Project: SB-743: From LOS to VMT, VHT, and beyond through data fusion: application to integrated corridor management
PI: Prof. Alex Bayen (UC Berkeley)
Budget: $118,332 (2015/08 --- 2016/06)
Role: Key investigator
Final Report: http://www.ucconnect.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/file_uploads/Task65A0529_final_report_1.pdf
Tasks:
- Algorithm development to estimate delay, LOS, and VHT using probe travel times and loop detector counts;
- Performance assessment of the proposed algorithm against the one in the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM).
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Research Intern
2015/01 -- 2015/03
CLR Analytics
USDOT SBIR Phase II Project: Transportation System Performance Measurement Using Existing Loop Infrastructure
PI: Lianyu Chu (CLR Analytics)
Budget: Approximately $750,000
Role: Researcher
Tasks:
- Algorithm development to calculate performance measures such as VMT, VHT, speed, flow, and emissions;
- Database design for different traffic measurements.
SBIR Phase I Project: Evaluating system impacts of automated vehicles: A multiple-resolution modeling approach
PI: Lianyu Chu (CLR Analytics)
Budget: Approximately $150,000
Role: Researcher
Taks:
- Proposal writing;
- Review of existing car-following models for automobiles and car-control models for autonomous vehicles;
- Model selection for automobiles and autonomous vehicles in microsimulation.
https://www.volpe.dot.gov/work-with-us/small-business-innovation-research/151-phase-i-recommendations-award
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Graduate Student Researcher
2009/09 -- 2014/12
University of California, Irvine
Project: CTMSim (Cell Transmission Model Simulator)
PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Tasks:
- Development of a CTM model for the SR-91 corridor network;
- Model calibration using the FHWA microsimulation criteria;
- Assessment of simulation accuracy against the microsimulation tool, TransModeler;
- Visualization of simulation results on Google Maps.
Project: Bottleneck Effects of Lane-Changing Traffic: A Macroscopic Approach
PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Tasks:
- Analysis of lane-changing patterns at merging and weaving sections using the NGSIM trajectory datasets;
- Calibration of a new macroscopic lane-changing model using the extracted lane-changing data.
Project: Incorporating Vehicular Emissions into an Efficient Mesoscopic Traffic Model: An Application to Southern California
PI: Jean-Daniel Saphores (UC Irvine) & Co-PI: Wenlong Jin (UC Irvine)
Tasks:
- Development of a CTM model for the Long Beach-Los Angeles-Riverside freeway network;
- Assessment of simulation accuracy and efficiency against the microsimulation tool, TransModeler;
- Calculation of vehicular emissions using the EmFac model for the above study area.